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Finding Aldo Leopold’s Roots
I am always intrigued by the question of whether a conservationist’s love of nature came from the environment they grew up in, the influence of parents...
Steele’s Legacies
In 2024, he is practically unknown — a man who considered himself an abject failure toiling in the shadows of America’s greatest triumph of its...
No Water — In the worst possible place
In 1983, I set out with a few friends to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. It’s hard to believe now, but it was a time when fewer than 15 people completed...
Ernest Oberholtzer’s True North – Chapter 3
In 1912, a young man in his early 20’s named Ernest Oberholtzer and his friend Billy McGee, who was in his 50’s, set off on a 2,000-mile trip through...
Tales from the Cabin, Chapter 2 — The Porcupine
When my hiking buddy and I set out for a four-day hiking adventure on the Appalachian Trail in Vermont, we discovered that mother nature had much more...
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